Rajasthan Royals get CBI notice for 2011jersey sponsorship deal

The Rajasthan Royals have not yet come back into the Indian Premier League (IPL) and controversy seems to have started dogging them already, this time from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The latest from the banned team, that is planning to relaunch the side in a mega way in a couple of months, is that it has got the CBI sleuths knocking at their doors.

Mirror has learnt that the nation’s premier investigative agency has asked the franchise for details of their 2011sponsorship deal with Floriana, a Delhi-based cosmetic firm that is found involved in big financial scam to the tune of apparently hundreds of crores. Floriana was the jersey sponsors of the Royals side in 2011.

The CBI notice, which arrived at the Royals’ Mumbai office just a few days ago, has sought the details of their sponsorship deal and transactions involved. There were a few questions about their knowledge of the company as well.

‘Not exactly a notice’

The Royals officials, on their part, have claimed ignorance over the background of the company and said that they have complied with the notice instantly. “It is not exactly a notice. It was an inquiry sort of thing and we’ve replied to them immediately. We did not know what actually was the background of the company when we had signed them and we have found out about them (Floriana) only recently,” said a Royals official adding, “We have not yet received full payment from them.” It is understood that every company that has dealt with that firm has got similar notices.

Youtube post

In a Youtube post of 2011, a certain Sanjay Jain, wearing the Royals jersey, is seen speaking about the group. He has claimed that theirs is an industrial house worth over 1.2 billion dollars and is fast expanding with diversified interests in sandalwood, cosmetics, spa and marble businesses.

The Royals claim that the CBI notice notwithstanding, they are hoping to start their second innings with a clean slate. “We’re done with all the controversy and we want to return to the IPL in a big way,” said the RR official. The franchise was banned from the IPL for two years after one of its owners, Raj Kundra, was found guilty of placing bets and some of its players were caught involved in spot-fixing scandal in 2013.

The players and the owner have been banned for life. The team will complete its two-year ban at the end of the ongoing IPL.

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